I've cancelled the autopay on people before when they didn't know their own address and had paperless billing and notices....
Fun times. -- Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 30, 2015, at 6:07 PM, Christina Plummer <[email protected]> wrote: > > When this happened to me (being inadvertently signed up for dating sites), I > reset their password and changed all of their profile fields to "I don't know > my own email address." before closing them. > > I fully blame companies who allow accounts to be created without validating > the user's email address. AT&T is particularly horrible about this. I have > spent literally hours trying to get them to remove my address from other > people's mobile phone accounts. They clearly have a major flaw in their > system, because they keep assuring me they have fixed it, until I get the > next notice. > > > >> On Jan 28, 2015, at 2:43 PM, Dana Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> +1 on this comment - I am always getting other people's email. It's really >> awesome when the other dquinn's in the world sign up for all sorts of dating >> services, and then use the wrong address. I leave my gmail account up on >> our home computer, and my wife was "nonplussed" to see all these >> notifications coming through. And yikes - it's been years since I've >> dated, there are a lot of weird dating sites now. >> >>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Smith, David <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Chances are, the other person just doesn’t know their own email address. As >>> someone with a very common name, I get things clearly intended for other >>> people almost daily; end-users are sometimes silly. >>> >>> >>> >>> David Smith >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Crocker, Deborah >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 9:25 AM >>> To: Lopsa Discussion >>> Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Help with gmail technical problem >>> >>> >>> >>> So, why did they allow both accounts to be created? These are duplicate >>> accounts. Or maybe they didn’t and this other person just thinks that is >>> their account? They sure have used it in some sensitive places. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *********************************************************************** >>> Deborah Crocker, Ph.D. >>> [email protected] >>> Systems Engineer III >>> http://bama.ua.edu/~crock >>> Office of Information Technology >>> 205-348-3758 >>> University of Alabama >>> Fax: 205-348-3993 >>> Box 870346 >>> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Smith, David [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 8:35 AM >>> To: Crocker, Deborah; Lopsa Discussion >>> Subject: RE: Help with gmail technical problem >>> >>> >>> >>> This is a feature, as far as Gmail is concerned. Firstnamelastname, >>> firstname.lastname, and fir.stna.me.l.a.s.t.na.me are all the same – they >>> implicitly strip periods from their addresses. You can use this for things >>> like subtle sender tracking (put the period in different places for >>> different senders, so you can see who’s selling your address to spammers). >>> >>> >>> >>> David Smith >>> >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Crocker, Deborah >>> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 8:18 AM >>> To: Lopsa Discussion >>> Subject: [lopsa-discuss] Help with gmail technical problem >>> >>> >>> >>> I’ve got a problem with getting another persons gmail. I am >>> [email protected] and I occasionally get email to >>> [email protected] but this is different person. I discovered it >>> with a Vendor rewards account where I got an update and logged (had to >>> recover a password, hmmm) and found stuff I didn’t recognize. Searched >>> through a bit more and found a name and city. Person actually lives 60 >>> miles down the road. Then realized it wasn’t my email address. So I called >>> the vendor and the problem seemed to get sorted out. But it continues with >>> other vendors. I started getting facebook friend suggests for people I have >>> no clue about. Sure enough at the bottom of the email it says it was sent >>> to [email protected]. Recently got from another vendor, one which >>> I’m pretty sure the original enrollee would need to get. I don’t get email >>> all the time for this person (no messages from other persons). The errant >>> messages all say they were sent to [email protected]. >>> >>> >>> >>> So is it the vendors or gmail? I could see some company dropping my “.” and >>> sending my email to the other person, but why this way? Can guarantee the >>> gmail online help center doesn’t cover this one. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks for any help >>> >>> >>> >>> D. Crocker >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *********************************************************************** >>> Deborah Crocker, Ph.D. >>> [email protected] >>> Systems Engineer III >>> http://bama.ua.edu/~crock >>> Office of Information Technology >>> 205-348-3758 >>> University of Alabama >>> Fax: 205-348-3993 >>> Box 870346 >>> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >>> http://lopsa.org/ >> >> >> >> -- >> Dana Quinn >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/
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